Deuteronomy:1

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* These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan ; in the wilderness , in the Arabah , opposite to Suph , between Paran and Tophel , and Laban and Hazeroth , and Dizahab ; * eleven days from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadeshbarnea . * And it happened , in the fortieth year , in the eleventh month on the first of the month , Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to all that Jehovah had commanded him concerning them ; * after he had stricken Sihon the king of the Amorites , who lived in Heshbon , and Og the king of Bashan , who lived in Ashtaroth in Edrei , * beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab , Moses began to explain this law , saying , * Jehovah our God spoke to us in Horeb , saying , You have had enough of dwelling in this mountain ; * turn and pull up stakes and go into the hills of the Amorites , and to all its neighboring places in the Arabah in the hills , and in the low country , and in the Negeb , and in the shore of the sea , the land of the Canaanites and of Lebanon , to the great river , the Euphrates River . * Behold ! I have set before you the land ; go in and possess the land which Jehovah has sworn to your fathers , to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob , to give to them , and to their seed after them . * And I spoke to you at that time , saying , I am not able to bear you by myself . * Jehovah your God has multiplied you , and , behold , today you are as the stars of heaven for multitude . * May Jehovah the God of your fathers add to you , a thousand times more than you are , and bless you as He has spoken to you ! * How can I by myself bear your pressure and your burden , and your strife ? * Give wise and understanding men , and those known to your tribes , and I will appoint them rulers over you . * And you answered me and said , The thing which you have spoken is good to do . * And I took the chiefs of your tribes , wise and noted men , and I appointed them rulers over you , commanders over thousands , and commanders over hundreds and commanders over fifties , and commanders over tens , and officers , for your tribes . * And I commanded your judges at that time , saying , Hear between your brothers ; and judge with righteousness between a man and his brother , and his alien . * You shall not respect persons in judgment ; you shall hear the small as well as the great ; you shall not be afraid because of the face of a man , for the judgment is God 's ; and the thing too hard for you , you shall bring near to me , and I shall hear it . * And at that time I commanded you all the things which you were to do . * And we pulled up stakes from Horeb and went through all that great and fearful wilderness which you have seen , the way of the hills of the Amorites , as Jehovah our God commanded us . And we came into Kadesh-barnea . * And I said to you , You have come into the hills of the Amorites , which Jehovah our God is giving to us . * See , Jehovah your God has set the land before you ; go up , possess it , as Jehovah the God of your fathers has spoken to you ; do not fear or be afraid . * And you came near to me , every one of you , and said , let us send men before us , and they shall search out the land for us , and they shall bring us back word as to the way in which we shall go up , and the cities to which we shall come . * And the thing was good in my eyes , and I took twelve men of you , one man for each tribe . * And they turned and went up to the hills and came into the valley of Eshcol , and searched it . * And they took of the fruit of the land with their hands and brought it down to us , and brought us back word , and said , The land which Jehovah our God has given us is good . * And you were not willing to go up ; yea , you rebelled against the mouth of Jehovah your God , * and murmured in your tents , and said , Because of Jehovah `s hatred for us , He has brought us out of the land of Egypt , to give us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us . * Where shall we go up ? Our brothers have melted our hearts , saying , We have seen there a people greater and taller than we , cities great and walled up to the heavens , and also the sons of Anak . * And I said to You , do not be terrified ; nor be afraid of them ; * Jehovah your God who goes before you shall fight for you , according to all that He did for you in Egypt before your eyes ; * and in the wilderness , where you have seen how Jehovah your God has borne you as a man bears his son , in all the way which you have gone until you have come to this place . * Yet in this thing you are not believing in Jehovah your God , * who went before you in the way to seek out a place for your camping , in fire by night , to show you the way in which you should go , and in a cloud by the day . * And Jehovah heard the sound of your words and was angry , and swore , saying , * Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I have sworn to give to your fathers , * except Caleb the son of Jephunneh , he shall see it , and I shall give the land on which he has walked to him , and to his sons , because he has fully followed Jehovah . * And Jehovah was angry with me for your sake , saying , Also you shall not go in there . * Joshua the son of Nun , who stands before you , he shall go in there ; you shall strengthen him ; for he shall cause Israel to inherit . * And your infants , of whom you said , They are a prey , and your sons who today have no knowledge of good or evil , they shall go in there , and I will give it to them , and they shall possess it . * And you , turn yourselves and pull up stakes toward the wilderness , the way of the Sea of Reeds . * And you answered and said to me , We have sinned against Jehovah ; we shall go up , and we shall fight , according to all that which Jehovah our God has commanded us . And you each one girded on his weapons of war , and you thought it easy to go up to the hill country . * And Jehovah said to me , Say to them , You shall not go up , nor fight , for I am not in your midst ; lest you be struck before your enemies . * And I spoke to you , and you did not listen , and rebelled against the mouth of Jehovah , and acted proudly , and went up into the hills . * And the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out to meet you and they chased you , as the bees do , and struck you in Seir , to Hormah . * And you returned and wept before Jehovah , but Jehovah did not listen to your voice , nor did He give ear to you . * And you lived many days in Kadesh , according to the days that you remained there .

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